The Media Sucks

I hate the media, because of the stranglehold it has on our society and our culture. The role media plays in our democracy is one of sheer crap. All they ( the media) do is fear monger and inform us about all of the horrible things that are going on in the world. While we go to school and or work all day everyday it's incredibly nice to come home, crack open a drink and allow the overwhelmingly pessimistic news networks to make my life feel even more hopeless than it already is. A disturbing trend that has taken course in the media is the slow death of actual journalism. Journalists steal leads and stories from other sources, thus creating a lot of redundancy throughout the internet, television and radio. Every channel is the same crap. Fox News brings us the lovely "Fair and Balanced" perspectives from gung-ho conservatives who feel that their inability to compromise or be tolerant of others needs to be shared with all the world over a loud speaker built into their own voice boxes. CNN wants us all to think that everything is a lost cause, and that we're all doomed to be destroyed. CNBC is all about money, but at least they don't pretend like they aren't. At least I can still watch the Daily Show and laugh about our government's problems, but not become depressed about it.

All in all, the media has immense bias, and hardly anything these days can be absorbed pure information. It's all dummied down and dialed up with emotion from the so- called "journalists" that it's hard to know how to interpret all the information out there. Everyone believes their personal view needs to be inserted into the discussion of facts and fiction, which creates a lot of rooms for error and hostility. Oh, but need not worry, friends! We still have the New York Times- why would they ever print something without all the facts?